Genesis 16:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And he wente in vnto Agar, and she conceaued. Now whan she sawe yt she had conceyued, she despysed hir mastresse.

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  • 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 & hir aduersary cast her in the tethe with hir vnfrutefulnes, because the LORDE had closed hir wombe: 7 thus dyd she euery yeare, whan they wente vp to the house of the LORDE, and thus she prouoked her. So she wepte, and ate nothinge. 8 But Elcana hir husbande sayde vnto her: Wherfore wepest thou? and why eatest thou not? And wherfore is thine hert so greued? Am not I better vnto the then ten sonnes?
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And whan the Arke of the LORDE came into the cite of Dauid, Michol the doughte of Saul loked out at a window, and sawe kynge Dauid leapynge, sprynginge and dausynge before the LORDE, and despysed him in hir hert.
  • Prov 30:20-21 : 20 Soch is the waye also of a wyfe yt breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as wha she hath eate, & sayeth: As for me, I haue done no harme. 21 Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted, & the fourth maye it not beare:
  • Prov 30:23 : 23 thorow an ydle houswife, & thorow an handmayden yt is heyre to hir mastres.
  • 1 Cor 4:6 : 6 These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson & in Apollos for youre sakes, that ye mighte lerne by vs, that noman counte hygher of him self, then aboue is wrytten, that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Loue is pacient & curteous, loue envyeth not, loue doth not frowardly, is not puft vp, dealeth not dishonestly, 5 seketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell,

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  • Gen 16:5-11
    7 verses
    86%

    5 Then sayde Sarai vnto Abram: I must suffre wronge for thy sake. I layde my mayde by the: but now because she seyth, that she hath conceaued, I must be despysed in hir sight: the LORDE be iudge betwene me and the.

    6 And Abram sayde vnto Sarai: Beholde, thy mayde is vnder thine auctorite, do with her, as it pleaseth the.Now whan Sarai dealt hardly wt her, she fled from her.

    7 But the angell of the LORDE founde her besyde a well of water in the wildernesse (euen by the well in the waye to Sur)

    8 and sayde vnto her: Agar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? & whyther wylt thou go? She sayde: I fle fro my mastresse Sarai.

    9 And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her: Returne to thy mastresse agayne, and submitte thyself vnder hir hande.

    10 And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her: Beholde, I wil so encreace yi sede, that it shall not be nombred for multitude.

    11 And the angel of the LORDE sayde further vnto her: Beholde, thou art with childe, & shalt bringe forth a sonne, and shalt call his name Ismael, because the LORDE hath herde yi trouble.

  • Gen 16:1-3
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    1 Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: but she had an handmayde an Egipcian, whose name was Agar,

    2 and sayde vnto Abram: Beholde, the LORDE hath closed me, that I can not beare. Go in (I praye the) vnto my mayde: peraduenture I shalbe multiplied by her, more then by myself. And Abram herkened vnto the voyce of Sarai. Than Sarai

    3 Abrams wife toke Agar hir mayde ye Egipcian (after they had dwelt ten yeare in the londe of Canaan) and gaue her vnto hir husbande Abra, to be his wife.

  • Gen 16:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 And Agar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name which Agar bare him, Ismael.

    16 And Abram was foure score yeare olde and sixe, whan Agar bare him Ismael.

  • Gen 21:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 And Sara sawe the sonne of Agar the Egipcian (whom she had borne vnto Abraham) that he was a mocker,

    10 and sayde vnto Abraham: Cast out this bonde mayden and hir sonne, for this bonde maydes sonne shall not be heyre wt my sonne Isaac.

  • Gen 12:16-17
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    16 and Abram was well intreated for hir sake: and he had shepe, oxe, and he Asses, seruauntes, maydes, she Asses and Camels.

    17 But ye LORDE plaged Pharao & his house wt greate plages, because of Sarai Abras wife.

  • 12 This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne, whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him.

  • 36 yee and Sara my masters wife hath borne my master a sonne in hir olde age: vnto him hath he geuen all that he hath.

  • 14 Now whan he came in to Egipte, ye Egipcians sawe ye woman, yt she was very faire:

  • Gen 21:12-16
    5 verses
    70%

    12 Neuertheles God sayde vnto him: let it not displease the because of the childe and the hand mayde: What so euer Sara hath sayde vnto the, folowe it, for in Isaac shall the sede be called vnto the.

    13 As for the honde maydens sonne, I wyll make a people of him also, because he is of thy sede.

    14 Then Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge, and toke bred and a botell with water, and put it vpon Agars shulders, and gaue her the childe, and sent her awaye. Then departed she, and wandred out of the waye in ye wyldernes beside Berseba.

    15 Now whan the water in the botell was out, she layed the childe vnder a bush,

    16 and wente, and sat hir downe ouer on ye other syde, a bowe shote of. For she sayde: I can not se the childe dye. And she sat hir downe ouer on ye other syde, and lifte vp hir voyce, and wepte.

  • 11 And whan he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: Beholde, I knowe yt thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon.

  • 22 For it is wrytten, that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde, the other by a fre woman.

  • 19 Why saydest thou then, that she was yi sister? Wherfore I toke her to my wife. And now lo, there is yi wife, take her, and go thy waye.

  • 31 But when the LORDE sawe, that Lea was nothinge regarded, he made her frutefull, and Rachel baren.

  • 30 But Sarai was baren, and had no childe.

  • 24 These wordes betoken somwhat. For these wemen are the two Testamentes: The one from the mount Sina, that gendreth vnto bondage, which is Agar.

  • 3 And Abram sayde morouer: Beholde, vnto me hast thou geuen no sede: and lo, the sonne of my housholde shal be myne heyre.

  • 17 and tolde him euen the same wordes, and sayde: The Hebrue seruaunt whom thou broughtest here vnto vs, came in here to me, for to do me shame.